Student exposes fake news propaganda machine in Macedonia
One student goes to the heart of the Macedonian fake news industry. She is asked to pay for her research interview in sex or money.
Karin Kloosterman
Karin Kloosterman is an award-winning journalist and publisher that founded Green Prophet to unite a prosperous eastern west. Those are the countries that lie in the area of what has been known as the Middle East.
She sometimes wears rose-colored glasses, and has shown through her work that positive, inspiring dialogue creates action that impacts people, business and planet.
She has published in thought-leading newspapers and magazines globally, and has also founded flux (www.fluxiot.com), a robot to help people everywhere grow hyper-local, sustainable food using hydroponics and artificial intelligence.
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Ultra white paint will put air conditioners out of business
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Clunker cars are choking Africa
Re-using and finding new homes for second hand bikes is one thing, but when it comes to old cars, it's another. America, Japan and Europe are shipping non-road worthy cars to Africa where they are creating an enormous amount of air pollution, greenhouse gases and dangers for those driving them.
Landmine detection using lasers and engineered glow bacteria
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Secret oil pipeline deal revealed between Israel and the Emirates
A new deal in the wake of a blooming love story between Israel and the UAE has led to a landmark oil deal allowing UAE crude oil to be transported through the Indian Ocean and Red Sea by tanker, then shipped by pipeline through existing infrastructure in Israel.
Covid-19 survives sewage treatment, finds new study
Wastewater must be treated beyond conventional methods used today in Israel in order to eliminate Covid-19, report scientists from Ben-Gurion University (BGU) in Beersheba, Israel. The researchers have found that parts of the coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2 survives after sewage purification in treatments plants. They isolated RNA samples of the virus post-treatment and the finding worries […]
The hijab is the bombshell sportswear in this Afghan gym
While some women may dream of going to a post-workout Starbucks in Lululemon hot pink workout pants - in Afghanistan women are fighting for the right to work out at all.
Wind turbine power company nixed for biosphere risks in Israel
Israel is known as a solar energy pioneer, but wind in some locations, is not lacking in the small Middle East nation. But after seeing the research and the environmental impacts of wind energy companies, offshore wind turbines, and on land turbines, the Israeli government has rejected a plan for a local company Energix which works with wind turbine energy suppliers such as Vestas and Siemens.
The Cedars of God are dying
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At the Four Seasons Casablanca? Learn about desert oases at risk
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Israel plans for medical cannabis stock index
Since the 60s Israel became known for its scientific look at cannabis. It was never illegally federally for cannabis to be studied so decades of progress have been in Israel thanks to those early pioneers, most notably chemist Raphael Mechoulam who I got to interview more than a decade ago, before the cowboys rushed in. […]
A $100 million USD fund unites Arab Gulf and Israel
A new fund is launched to create peace and hopefully cleantech investments between the Gulf and Israel.
Getting cadmium out of my chocolate through the roots
Simran Sethi is a writer and activist who writes about protecting food we love like chocolate and wine. Scientists too are working to food we love safer through more sustainable agricultural practices.
Vegan cheesemaker eyes IPO
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Finding Covid outbreaks in your street sewers
Kando sends sensors into a sewer find Covid-19 hotspots in your towns and cities. Should we bring one into the White House?
US oil giant Chevron buys Israel’s natural gas
Israeli offshore gas fields are now under control of one of the world’s biggest energy companies, Chevron. It irks activists, but might spark a pan-European pipeline, one analyst suggests.
Dubai’s Sustainability Pavilion for Expo 2021 revealed in real
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Amazon rainforest cruises will touch your heart and soul
Environmentalists agree: The mother of all cruises would never be a Princess Cruise to Venice or the Caribbean: it’s a cruise through one of the still wild places in the world – through the Amazon.
5 Ways to Improve the Environment in Your Own Home
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Electric roads get real in Tel Aviv
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Plastic packaging from W-Cycle tastes sweet
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Nature study: Bacteria could be best vaccine against Covid-19
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Eco Bible gives ethical green compass to the woke generation
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Investing in green bonds with RE Royalties and Peter Leighton
How fast countries support businesses and award tenders for solar power plants and wind turbines depends not only on governments but the corporate funding mechanisms in place and the people who want to support green energy.
Iconic island pays for our cans of tuna and flip flops
Your tuna is contributing to more than 80% of the plastic waste clogging up the Seychelles Islands. It would make David Attenborough cry.